(a) The Board of County Commissioners finds that proper notice by publication and prior hearings have been held as required by Ohio R.C. 4504.02.
(b) The purpose of levying the tax is as follows: for the purpose of paying the costs of enforcing and administering the tax provided for in this section; for planning, construction, improving, maintaining and repairing public roads, highways and streets; maintaining and repairing bridges and viaducts; paying the County's portion of the costs and expenses of cooperating with the Ohio Department of Highways in the planning, improvement and construction of State highways; paying the County's portion of the compensation, damages, cost and expenses of planning, constructing, reconstructing, improving, maintaining and repairing roads; paying any costs apportioned to the County under Ohio R.C. 4907.47; paying debt service charges on notes or bonds of the County issued for such purposes; planning, constructing, reconstructing, improving, maintaining and repairing highways, roads and streets partially or wholly within municipal corporations which are designated as necessary or conducive to the orderly and efficient flow of traffic within and through the County pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4504.03; purchasing, erecting and maintaining street and traffic signs and markers; purchasing, erecting and maintaining traffic lights and signals; and supplementing revenue already available for such services.
(c) The Board of County Commissioners has determined to levy, and by this resolution does levy an annual license tax in addition to the tax levied by Ohio R.C. 4503.02, 4503.07 and 4503.18, upon the operation of motor vehicles on the public highways or roads. Such tax shall be at the rate of five dollars ($5.00) per motor vehicle on all motor vehicles the district of registration of which, as defined in Ohio R.C. 4503.10, is located in the County levying the tax and shall be in addition to the taxes at the rates specified in Ohio R.C. 4503.04 and 4503.16, subject, to quarterly reductions in the manner provided in Ohio R.C. 4503.13 and the exemptions provided in Ohio R.C. 4503.16, 4503.17 and 4503.171.
(d) This Resolution shall become effective on August 1, 1968, unless proper referendum petitions pursuant to Ohio R.C. 305.31 to 305.41, inclusive, have been filed prior to August 1, 1968, in which event it shall be effective after certification of the results of such referendum, if such vote is in favor of such tax, on December 1, 1968.
(e) This tax shall apply to motor vehicle registrations for the registration year beginning on April 16, 1969, and thereafter.
(f) The Clerk of the Board is hereby instructed to certify a copy of this Resolution, together with the report of such referendum if any, on or immediately following the effective date of this resolution, to the registrar of motor vehicles of the State of Ohio.
(Res. 635-68. Passed 6-27-68.)